Category: Raindance Success Stories

Independent filmmaking has a habit of disguising itself as something manageable. In our case, it began with a play: five women, one location, a church basement, and a story driven almost entirely by dialogue and performance. As Producer and Director, I found myself drawn not just to the apparent simplicity, but to the pressure that […]

Nobody is coming. Not to tap your shoulder. Not to slide you a pass. Not to tell you you’re “ready.” The film business doesn’t open. It leaks. It tilts. It slouches sideways. It’s a busted fire door at the back of a multiplex, and if you’re waiting for an usher with a flashlight you’re going to die […]

“The important thing is to make a different world, to make a world that is not now. A real world, a genuine world, but one that allows myth to live. The myth is everything.” – Sergio Leone We are making a western, an Italo-Western. Could you call it a ‘Spaghetti-Western’? Perhaps … Could you call […]

Q: How did you make your movie, Brooke? A: I just… did it. And I didn’t stop doing it until well after the premiere and streaming launch.  Context: I’d spent years writing films for other people to direct, films that didn’t get made. Then I spent six years developing a film for myself to direct […]